October 26th – November 1st
Week 2
This week was another good week of getting settled in at my
new home.
Top things worth Mentioning:
Saturday in the City:
Saturday, the 26th, I went into the city and met up with my
old friend Charlie. We basically just walked around and caught up on life. We stopped
to watch a street performer in Circular Quay who did a few tricks but spent
most of the time verbally abusing his audience. I didn’t give him any money. We
then walked to the Opera House/Harbour Bridge. Now I feel I am officially back.
Now I’ve never seen a show at the opera house, however this time, I did use the
toilets. And let me tell you, they are just as architectural as the outside.
Everything about it makes you feel like you are going to the bathroom 1000
years from now!
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| Sinks of the Future |
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Church:
After Charlie and I had a big day walking around, we went to
Church. This is the same church that I went to when I was here last time. I was
pretty convinced that people wouldn’t remember me. After all, it was a long
time ago, and they meet a lot of people. But upon walking in, Sandra, a German
girl I met last time (See my 100th post), looked at me and said “Rachel?! What are you doing here?”
It wasn’t the, “Hey you look
familiar. Do I know you from somewhere?” Sort of greeting that I was expecting.
She full on remembered me. I was in shock. This girl that I haven’t seen in
over a year, and if I’m being honest, didn’t get to know that well, remembered me. After that I ran into Linh, my former
connect group leader, who also remembered me. Through-out the night I kept
running into people that I knew last time, all of them not only remembering who
I was, but excited to see me and have me back for a while. And of course I got to meet some new
people too, like a New Zealander named Tyson and a Malaysian named Shaun, just
to name a couple.
Swimming Lessons:
This week was the first week of me being in charge of
getting the boys to swimming lessons. Mark had taken me to the location a week
ago, but I wanted to practice so I wouldn’t get lost and make the boys late.
I’m glad I did. I got a little turned around but was able to figure it out. I
went there and back twice. Just to make sure I really had it. Once we were
actually at swimming lessons, I had a lot of fun watching the boys with their
instructors, learning their strokes. I felt like a proud mama. Especially for
Lachie, who is obviously the best in his class. Not that I’m biased or
anything.
Halloween:
The boys had been looking forward to Halloween for a while now. However,
Halloween isn’t as big of a deal here as it is in America. Some kids will get
dressed up and do the whole Trick-or-Treating thing. But not a lot of houses
participate in that. We also went a bit early. We met up with some other
families from Lachie’s school so the kids could all Trick or Treat together. We
walked around, up and down the streets. The kids went a little wild, running ahead and practically breaking down doors to get to the candy. The whole thing felt very different
compared to what I used to do at home. I was used to a Halloween where it is
super cold and dark and nearly every house on the block had carved pumpkins on
the porch and some sort of skeleton or ghost décor. But here, it’s all shorts
and flip-flops and you’re lucky to see a cobweb. There were a few houses that
got into it, but for the most part it was very minimal. After we walked around
for a bit we went back to one of the mom’s (Julia’s) houses where the kids
played in the back yard and the adults sat on the back deck drinking wine until
it was time to go. Overall it was an exciting time and I’m glad I got to
experience Aussie Halloween.  |
| Vampire and Leonardo the Ninja Turtle |
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| Moms and Swarming Children |
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